Jun 3, 2013

From this space, four years ago today, I hailed Rocco Landesman's ascent to the helm of the NEA with an anecdote from playwright Oliver Mayer, who used to work in Rocco's office and described it as a colorful place. Over to Oliver:

Jujamcyn Theatres was the bastard child of Broadway. We did M Butterfly, and that changed everything. We did Carrie the Musical,
and oh, it was bad. They were so much fun to be with, because Rocco is
an inveterate gambler—horses, particularly, and he would have his
bookies come in. There was a guy who came in called Mr. Dirt.

Posted by mr dirt on May 20, 2001 at 11:18:20:
congratulations Rocco Landesman long timeRagozin-only user,for your nearly one millionand a quarter score on 5/5/o1.Looks like "The Producers" isn't your only goldmine!

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